This Blog is intended for use by students in the Islamic Middle East course at Northfield Mount Hermon School and guest students and teachers from other participating schools.
The Middle East in the News
•Kaki Elgin, Nov. 12
•Title of Article: Opening a Door in Tehran?
• http://www.newsweek.com/id/167904/page/1
•Article Summary
Time: The near future, possibly
Place: Iran
Key People: The State Department, Condoleeza Rice
Main Ideas: The US is looking into opening up partial diplomatic relations with Iran by placing a “U.S.-interests” office inside the Swiss Embassy in Tehran—placing US diplomatic [...]
The Middle East in the News
•Your Name & Date: Kaki Elgin, Nov. 12
•Title of Editorial: The Nuances of Celebrating Veterans Day
•Source of Article — Include a Link
http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/soldiershome/archive/2008/11/11/the-nuances-of-celebrating-veterans-day.aspx
•Article Summary
Time: Yesterday
Place: The US, Iraq
Key People: Veterans
Main Ideas: Our definition of the word “veteran” is being forced to change. Growing up, the author (and we students, I suppose) [...]
Your Name and Date: Victoria Wilmarth 11/11/08
Title of Article: At White House, An Obama Party by Robert Parry
Source of Article: Aljazeera http://www.aljazeera.com/news/newsfull.php?newid=180798
Article Summary
Time: November 2008
Place: Washington DC and the United States in General
Key People: Obama, Bush, American People
Vocabulary:
Main Ideas: “George W. Bush will not get the impeachment that he has so thoroughly earned, [...]
Op-Ed Contributors, “Arab World Bloggers Size Up Obama,” New York Times, Nov. 8, 2008
Summary:
New Iraqi Air-force recruits are training on equipment that is comparable to that of the US Airforce.
At the beginning 2008 year the IQAF had 800 airmen, but that figure has already more than doubled to just over 2,000, and by the end of 2009, the IQAF is set to triple to over 6,000 airmen.
“Their biggest [...]
Zoe Weinberg November 2, 2008
Article:
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Israeli Security Chief Warns Of Armed Jewish Right
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/international-us-palestinians-israel-radicals.html
Time: November, 2, 2008
Place: Jerusalem, Israel
Key People: Yuval Diskin, head of the Shin Bet domestic intelligence agency, radicial right Israelis, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert,
Summary:
The radical right wing in Israel is considering using violence to prevent any peace agreements in which the West [...]
Julia Bennett, a research assistant at Tufts University’s Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies, summarizes the predictions and prescriptions offered up by participants at a conference the Center held last March 27-28.
Predictions
“A long term U.S. presence in Iraq seems inevitable and will require innovative and comprehensive planning.”
“Iran’s regional hegemony is threatening to Arab states vying [...]
Recently, U.S. forces have handed over the city of Babil to Iraqi forces. This is the 12th province of 18 Iraqi provinces whose control has been given to Iraqi forces. Babil, a majority Shia city, in March of last year had a suicide bomb kill nearly 100 Shia pilgrims and also has a section of [...]
Tagged http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7685713.stmAlysha Sayall – Sept. 30, 2008
UN Approves New Iran Resolution (Article)
BBC News - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/7640133.stm
Time – Sunday, Sept. 28, 2008
Place – United Nations, also regarding Iran
Key People
- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
- Russia’s UN representative, Vitaly Churkin
- Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator, Saeed Jalili
Vocabulary
- IAEA: International Atomic Energy Agency, UN’s nuclear “watchdog”
Main Ideas
The UN approves what they call [...]
The Middle East in the News
•Cora Lewis, September 28, 2008
•”Egypt Editor Jailed Amid Press Row” (News Article)
•Al Jazeera -http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2008/09/200892812321154180.html
•Article Summary: Ibrahim Eissa, the chief editor of Egypt’s independent Al-Dustur daily, was sentenced to two months in jail for spreading “false information … and damaging public interest and national stability.” Officials claimed that an article about [...]
BBC Middle East